The Steward Observatory Mirror Lab recently completed polishing a $23 million, 8.4-meter (27.5 feet) diameter mirror for the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT). It is the first of eight giant mirrors that ...

Ever wanted to take a tour of one of the most world renown astronomical mirror laboratories in the world? Now you can. The UA’s Steward Observatory is now conducting tours of the Mirror Lab facility ...

TUCSON, AZ — We have an inside look at part of what makes the University of Arizona the most active university in space exploration. UA officials say the space programs launch $560 million into ...

The University of Arizona’s Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory is about to cast a new kind of giant optic for a unique wide-field survey telescope, the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope. The ...

The University of Arizona Steward Observatory Mirror Laboratory and the Carnegie Observatories of the Carnegie Institution have signed an agreement to produce the first mirror segment for the Giant ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Construction is underway on a next-generation optical telescope, up to 200 times more powerful than the best telescopes used today. The Giant Magellan Telescope's seven mirrors ...

The LSST Corporation has awarded a $2.3 million contract to the University of Arizona Steward Observatory Mirror Lab to purchase the glass and begin engineering work for the 8.4-meter diameter main ...

The Arizona Board of Regents was scheduled to consider lending its name to an on-going lawsuit involving the University of Arizona’s Richard F. Caris Mirror Lab and Lithe Technologies, LLC. before ...